Teledyne DALSA Boa - Vision System For Single Point Inspection Applications

The Teledyne DALSA Boa vision system has been introduced to complement Teledyne DALSA’s existing »Vision Appliance« (VA) range. Teledyne DALSA Boa utilises the same on-board Teledyne DALSA iNspect machine vision and control software as the VA range, with the key benefit that any web browser can be used to set up the camera without the need to install software. The Teledyne DALSA Boa vision system is ideally suited to single point applications, i.e. one camera, one application.

Although multiple Teledyne DALSA Boa cameras can be used together as with other smart camera solutions, it is unnecessary to have intelligence within each camera
and Teledyne DALSA’s Vision Appliance approach, with a single processor for
multiple cameras is a compelling option. The VA range contains the image
processing power in a rugged, DIN mountable enclosure for integration into
factory environments, with small camera heads located at the measurements
point in the process.

The Teledyne DALSA Boa meets the growing demand for automation at lower cost of
ownership.

Teledyne DALSA Boa - Integrated smart vision

The Teledyne DALSA Boa camera provides integrated industrial smart vision in a compact rugged industrial enclosure. The small cubic form factor of 44 mm x 44 mm x 44 mm and easy mounting capabilities allow it to integrate easily into existing
production lines, machinery or moving equipment. An IP67-rated housing and an
optional water tight lens cover that accommodates a variety of C-mount focal
length lenses means that the camera can be located in the most demanding of
production line environments, including those requiring wash down, without the
need for costly enclosures.

Boa utilizes standard M12 cordsets and provides power and strobe timing
directly to a variety of associated lighting products. A full PLC
communication interface is provided. Three LED status indicators provide
activity and device health feedback.

Teledyne DALSA Boa utilises the Teledyne DALSA iNspect software, which, with multi-language support, is ideal for both first-time and experienced vision users alike. The software offers excellent inspection capabilities that can be readily used across a multitude of applications. It provides capabilities for an extensive range of inspection tasks, such as positioning, identification, verification,
measurement and flaw detection.

Each of the inspection tools has been carefully designed to extract the
relevant information from the object image. No programming or extensive
training is required and the software can be readily accessed using any web
browser by connecting a computer via a standard Ethernet connection, so no
special setup software is necessary.

An efficient GUI panel layout minimizes setup time and allows easy I/O
configuration, allowing users to quickly deploy an application. Another major
benefit offered by iNspect is the powerful scripting capability that can not
only script the inspection process but also run as a background script for
application control, which could, for example, allow monitoring of an I/O line
for trend analysis.

The software connects directly to a variety of Ethernet ready factory devices
such as PLC’s and extended I/O modules along with Teledyne DALSA’s i-Collect
software which provides a factory wide audit trail of the cameas use making
deployment of CFR21 Part 11 production lines a lot simpler. For End Users and
Vision Integrators, the Teledyne DALSA iNspect software offers a fully-featured emulator for offline application development and debugging.

Hitting the ground running

The versatility offered by Teledyne DALSA Boa makes it attractive to a wide range of
potential customers. End product manufacturers from all industries that use
vision to improve quality or increase productivity through automation will
find Boa attractive, as will machine builders looking for vision based
industrial platforms that can be customized to meet their needs.

For OEMs or specialty equipment providers, Teledyne DALSA Boa is also available as a vision hardware component that can be customized to meet the application need.
The product is offered with an API or an application framework that can greatly accelerate time to market.

Integrated VGA CCD sensor

Integrated processor

Integrated I/O

Integrated light control

Integrated communication control

Integrated application software for manufacturers and system integrators

Software Development Kit for machine builders and small equipment manufacturers

Supplier

About the supplier

Teledyne DALSA

The Canadian company Teledyne DALSA Inc., a subsidiary of the US-based
Teledyne Technologies Inc., offers an enormous range of machine vision
components for digital image processing. In addition to its line-scan camera
products, DALSA´s range includes high-end technologies such as TDI (Time Delay
Integration) line-scan cameras, colour line-scan cameras, multi-tap cameras,
high-speed cameras, area scan and high-resolution cameras. Their product range
also covers PCI frame grabbers, embedded processing systems and software
tools, in addition to the IPD range of compact systems that are ideally suited
to a wide variety of different tasks in the fields of industrial quality
assurance, completeness inspection and fault monitoring.